asma bahrainwala Biography

I am a well.
Confined by a wall;
Restricted by a boundary;
Stagnated by it all.
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The blinding light
Of the brightest ever sun
Suddenly shrouded
By a thick pall of impenetrable darkness.
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Emotions, images, ideas
Touch my mind
Like a plectrum touching
The strings of a lyre.
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A mighty nincompoop
The presiding deity seated on
The canonical pedestal
Sways his scepter
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A solitary stunted bud
In a barren garden
Of repressed desires
Parched to the core
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